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An assistant to the churchwarden; a questman.

A body, composed of wardens and vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its temporal concerns. Metropolitan vestry, in the city of London, and certain specified parishes and places in England, a body composed of householders who pay poor rates. Its duties include the repair of churches, care of highways, the a…

A member of a vestry; especially (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a member other than a warden. See Vestry.

A four-wheeled vehicle for the transportation of goods, produce, etc.; a wagon. The wardens see nothing but a wain of hay. Jeffrey. Driving in ponderous wains their household goods to the seashore. Longfellow.

train which stops at the intermediate, or way, stations; an accommodation train. -- Way warden, the surveyor of a road.